Laura Grace Weldon

Let's Turn Off the Porch Light

Dappled brown moths
wooly as Grammy's needlepoint
whirl around the porch light,
winged pilgrims desperate
for union with the Holy.

Little suns everywhere
lure us to the surface of things
where we burn for lack of shadows,
mistaking the blaze of want
for a larger love.

Bio

Laura Grace Weldon lives on Bit of Earth Farm where she's an editor and failed hermit.
She's the author of a poetry collection titled Tending and a handbook of alternative education,
Free Range Learning. Laura has written poetry with nursing home residents, used poetry to teach
conflict resolution, and painted poems on beehives. Her work appears in such places as
Christian Science Monitor, J Journal, Literary Mama, Penman Review, Dressing Room Poetry Journal,
Red River Review, and Pudding House. Connect with her at
lauragraceweldon.com